Where Even the Grudges Are Recycled

DENVER, Aug. 25 Most political conventions begin with the fall of the gavel. The 2008 Democratic convention began in the "downward dog" position.

"On an exhale from the belly body, downward dog . . . using the entire breath to get there," a woman in tights coached a group of Democrats and liberal activists assembled for a pre-convention yoga session at 7 o'clock Monday morning. "Reverse swan dive all the way to stand tall . . . make the body long, make the body traverse the space between Earth and stars."